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All six candidates with offers for Oxford and Cambridge, representing eight percent of the year group, exceeded their targets and many Monkton students will also be heading for the UK’s top universities including Exeter, Bristol, Durham, Imperial and Birmingham.

The results at Monkton represent a year-on-year improvement with 40% of the grades being awarded at A* or A level, up from 36% on the previous year. There was a national increase of 0.5 points.

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Two pupils achieved A* grades in all four of their subjects, and another achieved three A*s and an A grade. Six other students achieved 2 A* grades each, with 15% of all grades awarded at the A* level and 27% of the year group achieving at least one A*.

Monkton Principal, Chris Wheeler, said: “These are excellent results once again from A level students at Monkton.

"It is especially pleasing to see Monkton pupils securing significantly better results than those of previous years and against the national picture."

Deputy Head Academic, Joe Sidders, said: “I am so pleased to see these wonderful results from Monkton today.